Given name & surname
Chalmers
“a chamber servant”
Chalmers is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “a chamber servant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a chamber servant.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chalmers through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,082
- 1,082 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 38 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 370 as a first name in 2020; 6,009 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chalmers’s family of names
Chalmers has a related form in Chalmer. Chalmers has a related form in Chalmar. Chalmers has a related form in Chalmars.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Chalmers
- Chalmers JohnsonAmerican political scientist (1931–2010)
- Chalmers WylieAmerican politician1920–1998
- Chalmers GoodlinAmerican test pilot1923–2005
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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